Emanuel Leggett TV Production Blog

Directing Camera - Research For what I want my version of the scene to look like I've looked at some videos on YouTube to see what types of camera shots and movements I could use so I can get the right emotion portrayed through the camera. I first looked at how Robert Zemeckis shot the scene. Altogether, I noticed that Zemeckis only uses 10 shots. However, he uses a lot of movement so it looks like there are more shots. This is known as a moving master shot, which is when you can show two or more shots in one movement, but when cut together looks like more shots. I definitely want to use movement in my scene just because this is an important scene in the movie and if you track in towards the subject it tells the audience that they should be paying attention. I watched this video and it went over the basic camera movements like a pan, dolly, zolly, track in, and tracking away from the subject. Whilst it was saying what movements there are he also spoke about how that ...

Robert Zemeckis I've decided to choose Robert Zemeckis as my chosen director for this unit. The reason why is because I really like his style of film which I noticed through watching some of his classics like Cast Away, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Forrest Gump. He is also praised for his work in special effects. His Key Work: Back To The Future Trilogy Who Framed Roger Rabbit Forrest Gump The Polar Express Cast Away Flight A Christmas Carol Used Cars Potential Scene: I originally wanted to challenge myself with doing the scene towards the end of Forrest Gump when he decides to go for a 3-year run. However, I knew that this would be unrealistic to get the same amount of actors for the scene and the various locations and being able to get the actors to the locations would be to much hassle for the amount of time we have. My Chosen Scene: My favourite Zemeckis film has to be Forrest Gump, this is why ...